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the carolina watchman ll vn^hir^eries salisbury u c november 9 1876 no 4 ssbtixâ€”i j btt*c3*n_h ed and prop flu**01 j k bruner associate ed s dsi ki1mi..n bates : inadvance 2 oo p ~ . â€” â– â€” . advertising h.-tlis : .,, one publication 1 oo kinubttcmlons l 50 ' - r_tes tor inonuis or a year s15ur extra of 1 saturday great day in charlotte 5,000 people out vi'-iif lv uis 1 sr&it me '" char e-.[i.,ikiug dining the day and a jiorch-iigbt procession at night â€” r hun f i shober of rowan ; i . â€¢ . , f steele candidate for congress ! iki 1 ' ' | ther gentlemen addressed we l uu fro u several p i present * 1 ilo torch j â– is one i i lie g an . i w nt sst d in north cam l'here were 1500 mounted men in .. in 10s of whom were colored i'he occasion passed without dis ml wiih only one small acci flirre was public speak'tig in con 1 â€¢ ' yi i . a â– -* lovch-ligbl pro lnii at night the conservatives ol ji patriotic county ai fully aroused ii ili give a good account of them pjrri at iiu i leciion - ul the day 1 h busl.ee a,,/l lf.ieli v e shober charles j-r win ii crawford end prank i .. y'ltif al juchson hill tbe governor had h huge audience at i ck-un hill davidsou co wednes ]*--, his speech w.is well received .' . liirnii there as < lew here enlhusi imc aiiid confidenl of victory lit fpeiil a very pleasant night at mr liauiid uufhy .* ou his way ui ihis place :.*.*_ jii-k.-tui ilill he met at mr it s j mmfuityoi fifty of the neighbors wiihj bad i ti e and suciul talk on i . i gov vance ix salisbury hid i ia did hei .! great honor ou j sin ga *â€¢ >â€¢ bei cons-ei vative nil i mer inland i . ct-ptiou she i > lowii ili i j o in i .. ii of j it a ui i in leugi h w n li hauliers i il was gieeied on aii sides â€¢ i-rs waving handkerchiefs and j uin-tiijg hiiiiners il was conducted to lb llny-tii house and after lesting an mt lhe procession was ugai.i fo lined lied in the pair grounds il pened hi speech about li o'clock his iwirii esumated by himself at o,u0u Â»â– *.â€¢. very attentive he made here as werywhere else a fiisi rate impression ibs couclusiou ot h,s speech was greeted illi around uf applause the vance im i'lltien club on invitation from the proprietress mrs dr reeves diued with i nai ill boyden house and as the i*virw|r's work is uot yet finished be u allowed lo nst dining the balance of lit d.iy a i night il look the western in friday morning lor morganton beie he was advertised to speak lo the wfflis.-f liiuke to-day be is at marion mel ii â€¢',; collnfy ami thus lie is woik igkppday today for the overthrow oi jbt-tieiuie uf tin stale and country -< tin people now do their duty and 'â– '-'â– 0|t will he w 11 done hit ll-piblicans have virtually given up new fink to tilden and hendricks i'd brie al vi iti ill v given up ibe clec nby the i ballot they are very qxiour just now to find out some way y whkli to prevent tilden from being iresideut if elected the bloody shirt tin hay ,,... a,e both about to tail i now ihe quesiiou is whal shall we ibe negroes ol mississippi are joining e democrats in such large numbers ihat ",.|* ow estimated that state will give n â– ** majority of fio.000 ! the dem ci me confident of carry iug south lÂ«oluia georgia will give a bundled ud majority the preispects in the lern comities of north carolina is po^ng brighter dÂ«y l.y day the cost of b:c gl'xs rhe trials of the 81 tun gun which have ject''tlv taken place in england are ported as being conviently satisfactory aiiill.ri.sis ; hut it may be doubted ether those who arc footing the bills '""'" r will share iu the officially â– gratification at eveiy dis o i ihis monster weapon over joo powder are exploded at a cost of j?*184 t0 150 to this must be d tin ct|,e,lfae f ghell and fuses hen the gun itself originally estimated a cost 4tj,('(j0 has actually necessitated 0 otpttidirure of some 5125,000 besides jwoflroctioii of a railway at woolwich | ar_e lur iib transpotation and several jjecranes moreover the firing of the i>ff uf at shoebijryoe^p has had the i "â€¢* e.f blowing down or at least serious (- itettering the huts ai.d collages of t military gcitlemeut so thai ii will 4i all uve lo be rebuilt at govein ofu,?peu8e e-i while on this eide ih u l'aiuic we complacently view profit by r * . l8 Â°' the experiments and cou m i ourselves that we are not pav b *"- m scientific american card from w h bailey esq o patriotic and manly words â€” grantism repudiated â€” he will support tilden and vance charlotte n c , oct 1676 maj w ii malone dear sin : â€” your request so urgent ly made to me for the expression of my views as to the duty ol good citizens in the election to take place next month i cannot well forego for although my op inion had been sought by many before and on account of my personal relations wiih ihe republican candidate for gov ernor as well as my desire to avoid politics altogether i had declined to an swer the dequeue appeal which you made fo my patriotism has moved me to give in rough some of the views i euier laiu tif ihe situation wiih great distrust ih 1 shall ti ild â€¢ to throw any new light upon iiu subject i believe that personally both ii ayes and tilden settle and vane are unim peachable but a merely honest man can no satisfy the requirements ol ibe iiu>*s i he people demand that the augean stable shall be cleaned and that can only be done by the election of men not merely i good iuieniioos but earnest energetic patriots tvho will see thai it will be done the administration of president j rant has become in pi iia saxon a slink in the nostrils oi the honest men need 1 recur lo ail or any ol the acts which wiil asso ciate i.i name with the t*ns ami caili gtil is of a oui-e powerful nation l**t me t-inj-le mil one ihing fresh in the memory ofall mr biistow gen wilson com missioner pratt of the treasury depart ment entered into a laudible combination to hi ing io punishment the revenue offi cials who had entered iuto an unlaw tui conspiracy wiih the distillers of st louis to defraud lhe government to the extent of millions tbey put a detective y.uyau on lhe hack antl succeeded in having ihese revenue officials brought to trial ihey were prosecuted by mr dyer dis trict attorney republican tried before lhe eminent judge dillon republican were defended by pei imps the strongest array of legal talent ever mustered into seivice since the trial of queeu caroline antl weie convicted the couniry breathed freer and the thanks ot the nation were given for their partial deliverance yet suddenly there after without assigning a reason bristow res gus and billowing in rapid success in the head i wilson grown grey in the treasury service piatt a man ol high character dyer and yaryan tall fiom i tie polii icai guillotine has ibis picture a parallel in history ? nil n lial significance can be attached lo ii except that thereby lhe president intended to give warning lo their succes sors that il was no longer crime for g*>v enimenl pels to steal but the high si po litical crime to cause them to be brought io jus lie . now does mr hayes approve such conduct t we know uol again the president listening to ine counsel of such men as chamberlain is sues a proclamation as io a mate of ibis union which is false and deluges that slate with federal troops we all know thai whether iu ibis instance the whites or blacks were to blacie for sporadic riots there was no resistance tu law no defi ance of law lul aulhoriiy by the white race yet on ihe eve of au election which may decide our destiny as a nai ion for weal or woe when thousands of coloicd men were i allying to the bright standard ol honor and reform borne aloft by hamp ton the vile pretense of insurrection â€” le futt-tl by every judge nearly in the state â€” is set up by an infamous carpet-bag governor is seized at by bis willing ally lin president and as noble a race ot while men us ih sun ever shone ou aie arrested iheir arms taken away while the negroes are armed by the state's government to shoot defenceless whites oh ! is il not lih bloodiest picture iu ihe book of lime v when and where do we ever read of iu tbe his ories of peoples civiliezd or savage such im instance of recreancy to blood lineage and caste / is nol that heart especially that south iu heart cold and callous indeed which is uot stirred to its very depths when he contemplates this premeditated and cold blooded attempt lo enslave the white race uni thai by a degraded an.l recently ser vile-class of the community ? dots mr hayes approve of all ibis ? we known not again who are mr hayes main sup porters in the campaign i the chandlers ihe camerons the bl lines aud worst of all the morions i'licse and such as these bave done all that iu ihem lay to corrupt every avenue of the government â€” sectional iu spirit unappeasable iu the fierce hate ot the south â€” are tbey lhe men whom hon est republicans wish lo see our uext president surrounded and advised by ? and yet if elected hayes is bound to feel that to these and such as these be would owe that houor then we have immediately before our eyes two gross and inexcusable infractions ot constitutional liberty namely : 1 the right of the citizens to bear aims ri the denial of the power to quarter troops upon a people iu time of profound peape besides these unlawful usurpations for which oi tbe like of which precious blood has flowed aud for which and such like priceless heritage our ancestors establish ed this great empire we see that lhe very head of the gov ernmeni w ho should be and be felt to be uor parens patri has deliberately done lhai which must be understood as a sign i to all officers hereafter appointed that frauds against the government when per petrated as was the case at st louis by goteinuieiit officials should not be ferret ted out or punished and for worst of all we see a palpable attempt and purpose to degrade and if need be lo carry souili carolina to de stroy the anglo saxon race there i will not delay to add more the history of the administration is fresh in the minds of every intelligent person who is best able and most likely to correct lhe evils accomplished and threat ened ? hayes or tilden ? tilden has shown his faith in such direction by his works can hayes with bis probable nay al j most certain surroundings such as i have described establish the great reform which ii demand i perhaps it canrtol be better expressed than it was by the illustration t-1 the dutchman io mr schuiz the dutchman said suppose a hen has j been setting lor a mouth on a nest of rot ten eggs would putting another ben on iiu ui ii ul o . hem om i riiere are now thousands ol office iders woi king actively for dr hayes laud 1 have been informed reliably thai tin salaries ol al least all the sutiorilinalc | officials have been assessed to swell the : t it clion tiiud will that genial and amiable gentleman muster up the will and courage to drive th whole horde into outer darkness did any in in so situated ever do so .- couiplainl is made by demagogues ol a | solid sou ii is there any fairness or i justice in such complaint when we all i know how much evciy southern state j has been pluudeied by the remorseiess j carpet-bagger and the hungry scallawag why lhe desperate attempt to hold south carolina is explained by senator patterson iu ins boast that there weie i live years ot good stealing yet leii in her and honest john is bin a type of his class who though gorged wiih plunder like the horse leech of the libit continues to cry more ! uioie !' compare the present condition of georgia alabama mississippi see wiih their condition under ihe rule 1 have de scribed when their credit was destroyed their energies to a great extent paralized ami organized lhef disorder and tumult prevailed - now under drmocratic rule ihey are prospeiiug are lo prosper law peace and order reigns supreme then is it not nalural that those yet down trodden md despoiled by t he horse leeched should desire to all iiu to a like pros eriiy with iheir emancipated sisters ami ihis u.il ibis only is ihe ezieut of 1 solid s uiii i hese uie some of the reasons which afier a struggle wiih mv pride impels uie it i live fo vole for tilden as to lhe slate ticket i hul fully t pected in ih earlier pul of lhe canvass io have voted tor s-ule 1 know him lo be personally lli3 w.-rthy son ofa worthy pit nor do i believe if lift lo himself lhai his heart would allow him to do au intentional wrong but i greatly fear that if elected tha a power behind the throne alien to our feelings and sympathies professed politi cians who f'rttteu upon otlicial pap will control and diiect hie action as the ship is controlled by the movements of ihe i udder the case of the charlotte posl office illustrates my idea ht lias been eu treated by tried republicans to do justice or see il done iu that matter and to all appeals he has turned a deaf ear he has the will and power and yet lit has not shown the moral courage expected or al least hoped from bim lo exercise it it is no parly secret that there exists a larger combination of republicans iu this state banded together to control the poli cy and patronage ot that party known as lhe greensboro king and it has been believed aud 1 think is now demonstrated i hat judge settle belongs to or at least is controlled by that iiiiperium in impcrio a despotism is complete aud far moie il ingerous iti in an obligarcliy again 1 have uol heard thai judge settle his denounced ihe administration ol president grant especiail hi iate ac lion wiih reference to south caralina nor fib tyrant chamberlain my rt uti tor juciije settle forbids me to say no-oli â€” sutiice it hat 1 expect to voie lor the third time for uou z il v nice to he our neat governor perhaps il would noi be iuappropriale lo s.iy through ) ou a few words lo my coloued fkiexds what eau they expect to gain for themselves and posierity by a solid vote tor the llt-publicau party '.- let ihem divide their vote and lhe momeiu ihat is done ihe conflict of race disappears 1 iny cannot expect to control the gov ernment then is il nol the wiser policy to maintain the balance of power between the two pai ties i they are not allowed to hold scarcely any of the ollicps ; and in lhe newberu district overwhelmingly republican be cause overwhelmingly colored lhe repub cans have verified scripture at least in one instance by taking from them even thai which they have and have added insult lo injury by taking down the name of mr o'hara from the electoral ticket â€” a finer orator ihan any white man ot the parly except the silent achilles of asheville northern schemists are already agitating the question of their removal while southerners will oppose it to the bitter end tlicir's is a common destiny with lhe whiles tbey are entirely equal be fore the law then are ihey doing justice to their posterity by voting solid ?" if 1 could say a word io each of them i should say vote your honest convictions and stop jumping the bars like sheep af ter the bell-wether i learn that the constitutional amend inenis aie affect iug them especially chap ter 24 now bo far from this operating injuriously it will have the effect lo slough off the lepers and thereby establish a species of aristocracy amongst them cal culated to stimulate the better class to honesty and sobriety of life the best disposed have hitherto been and are yet driven by the ignorant and vicious mass pressing like a surging flood from behind if adopted this inftueuce will be measur ably destroyed in conclusion permit me to say that iu what i have written i have not intended to wouud the feelings of any honorable man and hoping for the best whatever may happen i am your friend w ii bailey the return of the british arc 11c expedition the british arctic expedition under captain nares comprising the steamers alert and discovery ban returned the alert having an ived at valenda new foundland ti october 27 flie shins j left england on may 30 i87.3 and enter ! eti be ice off cape sable ou july 2v j afier a severe struggle in tor-tli aide of i lady frank i.i lj.i a\,i reached and ! i here the dicoveiy wis left iu winter quarters the alert pushed on up to latitude s20 21 and there wintered at j this point the sun was invisible for 112 j days and the lowest temperature ever re i coi tied was experienced the mercury j fell to ij below zero ami r-emuined so j for a fortnight and at one period reached i 104 below zero sledge parties were j fitted our out of which traveled 220 miles to lhe eastward and he oiher went | o the north proceeding ou land up to 83 â– 07 and thence on the le lo s.'i : 21 further on nothing but ice could be seen which was so rugged that scarce ly a mile of advance could be aceoitf pi it bed daily the hoes in some places measured loo feet iu thickness four i min died from the effects of the cold finally becoming convinced that it was j impossible to get any nearer to the pole laud seeing thai his men were succumbing j under the hardships while the alert herself had b.'en much damaged by tin ice captain nares started homewaid leaving smith sound on september j las this expedition it will be remembered i was lilted oui with every aid to polar ex i pl.ua ion which science could devise or j ihe experience of the oldest arctic explor j ers could suggest that it has failed to icach ibe pole is proof of the enormous i difficulties lo be overcome iu hat under taking rather ihan of any inadequacy to , the task ol lliose who attempted it 1 j dred we may believe ih.it afier lii:*-i i s2 is reached ln obstacles augment in j . some compound ratio i in results wh - ii : have been obtained are however of cou i siiler ible importance captain nares j has reached iln highest northern point ever attained latitude 83 21 the j aus train expedition which sailed in 1872 * inward spitsbergen only reached cape : riig'-ly iu 82 5 and sighted cape ' vi.-i.na in s."jj it is remarkable bow i ever that the polaris ill equipped as she was reached s ig aud wintered iu slc 3s while hall with a sledging party pushed onward to 82 o0 captain nares has therefore advanced 51 geogra phical miles further north than tbe ameri can explorer and has appi.iached withiu 400 miles of ihe pole the details of lhe other accomplish i uieuis of lhe expedition which have reach ed us are very meager but indicates the captain nares forthcoming report will be of considerable value piesideut laud j usually marked on arctic maps has uo existence lady franklin's strait is really a bay ; aud fiom the facl tbat travel was conducted on the ice to the highest point leached it would seem that uo opeu polar sea was encountered the north ernmost point seen in greenland was in latitude 82j 57 excellent coal was found near lhe place where the discovery wintered and a number of valuable scien tific collections anil observations were made the pandora is siill in the ice and was met by the alert on october 16 where j not stated when she signaled all well " ' j the centennial main build ing to remain i i ; the fafrniopnt p.uk commission has : yielded lo ihe popular deiriatid and the i main exhibition 15 i i ling is to remain io | | be used as agradd bazaraiidiudtisti ial fair with the proviso howe'er tbat the structure i is to be removed afier two years notice \ shail have been given tho charge for ; admission is restricted to 25 cents for five ! days of the week ami 10 cents on satur day ; aod when the income it yields is buifi-ieut lo pay expenses and interest on i the investment the admission fee is lo be ! siill further reduced so that lhe public â€¢ may enjoy the exhibition at the lowest possible charge for entrance the british government has recently presented philadelphia with the hand some buildings now occupied by the british commission what wiih the main building memorial hall horticul tural hall and probably machinery hall together with lhe british edifices the statues etc it appears ihat a considera ble portion oi the centennial structures will be left affording all the facilities for a very large peimaue.it display the exposition will close ou novem ber 10 ; but visitors will continue to be admitted as usual after lhai date in order to provide necessary funds to defray ex peuses of police maintenance etc a man worth talking about d m renno esq the famous bridge build er is engaged in building the new bridge over neuse river on lhe raleigh and gaston rail road yesterelay however he dropped every thing and this morning he leaves for his home i in readinjr pennsylvania in order lo vote for ! tilden and hendricks it is unch men as thia who will reform the country if it is ever re formed tlie eai de.-terv honorable mention true story about vance from the wadesboro herald a maimed and disabled confederate soldier from montgomery county called on us the other day and said : i want you to put this iu your paper i was a member of vance's regiment the 26:h i was a poor man unlearned but always tried to do my duty i lost my right arm at gettysburg and after the surrender my left arm was so badly crushed while i was trying to aid a poor widow iu getting her horse and cart out of a mire that it has been of little use to j me having a family to support i af ter tryiug other things went several years ago to charlotte hoping to get on guard or police duty i failed to do so aud felt almost hopeless and despairing â€” but hearing that my old colonel zeb vance lived then i hunted him up i told him my circumstances he took me in his house â€” ted ne a week or more he aud his family treating me iu my ia ! ged doilies as we:l a3 if i had been the j i richest mll-i iu ihe slate ! and when i | wen to lave he took me to a store and gave me a pair of shoes for my wife and then at pai ting handed me twenty dollars â€” more money than i had seen at one time since the war and said go home ; do the best yon can aud though i am poor myself i have two good arms and hands and can work aud whenever you arc u distress again come to me and i will divide with you and lure our one-armed friend was so overcome by the recital ihat tears came coursing down his rugged care-worn cheeks recovering himself he contin ued â€” aud there were truth eloquence and pathos in his unstudied words i have walked 30 miles to tell you this i know you are vance's friend and will publish it ; say to every poor mau in north carolina to vote for vance ; be is their li lend â€” be is lhe best man iu the world cod bless him forever !'' and as our friend walked away we could but silently repeat his prayer god bless vauce !" it the name is required it eau be had on application ; and the man can be found near mount gilcad lor lhe xew york observer from now to november ax apl'eal to cheistian votejis a southern correspondent writes to us ; one of the ablest and moft stii i in â– _: appeals in the same line of remark iu which we liaveofieu indulged clodng with these words : it was de tocqueville i think who expressed the opinion that the greatest danger to the united stated lay in the election of her chief magistrate certain ly there is no civic duty devolved upon our ciiiz'-ns of more responsibility and moment ihan that of choosing iheir pres ident there is none from the perform ance of which pr.ssion prejudice and venality should be fart her removed none which should more enlist and exercise the best powers both oftlie mind and heart if we look lo the momentous interests and ihe far-reaching consequences involved i alike to ourselves and to the world to the present and following generations and to its spiritual as well as temporal aspect there is no matter in which it more be hooves christian patriots to seek from the fountain of all wisdom and power that help wii bout which it is impossible for them to rest assured that they are choosing wisely and for the best suppose now that from this time until the election in november the re spectable press of the country aud espe cially the religious press suppose that all ministers of the gospel of every name suppose that all men who love the coun try and desiie its prosperity whatever may be tlieir choice of parties or candi dates would unite iu sternly rebuking the foul spirit of partisan falsehood and t-â€žau 1 tl il of which i have spoken and in frowning down bribery fraud intimida lion and al other dishonesty or lawless ness that would interfere with a free and : intelligent choice by tha people suppose ! further that all men and women iu lhe : country who believe in god aud iu hi i supervision of the aft'iirs of the nations should daily and especially on every sunt it intervening between ihis and the 7th of november ask that the spirit of all wisdom may guide lhe people in selecting our future rulers and that concord peace ami prosperity may reign throughout all of our holders suppose this done and i there is not an aiheist nor an infidel * throughout all our broad land who would ' not believe iu his lieart that the man elected president on tint day will be tho best who could be chosen from the can didates before the people there is not an intelligent thinker in the world who would not see in this simple fact a truer proof of real greatness and a sureraugury of lhe graadeur and perpetuity of our un ion than could be given by a hundred centennial expositions or the extinction of our public debt in one day now why cannot thi be done i propound tho question it is for every one io whom it may come to answer it upon hia own proper responsibility c a correspondent of the country gen lie man write : i am a decided advo cate for milking cows up to calving â€¢ if the milk gets thick throw it away bul milk the cow always give her to un derstand that giving miik is her business and keep her at ii lale aud early if she should by any possible means lose her life by giving too much milk she will have lost it in a good cause and saved ber throat fiom the buicher's kuife . birds breaking windows the providence journal says that on monday morning supeiiiiteiideiit nourse observed a hole through oue of the plate glass windows iu social hall block woonsocket in the second story room occupied at present by the high school going into the room to ascertain lhe cause of it a dead partridge was found on the floor six or eight feet from the window the paue of glass is two feet square and nine sixteenths of an inch thick and a hole was broken in it six to eight inches in diameter no stone slick or other substance was discovered by wliich the glass might have been bro ken if broken by the biid in its pas sage as is supposed it demonstrates the rapidity and momentum of its flight the scranton perm republican re lates a somewhat similar story thus : yesterday morning while mrs theo j dore g vvok ot this city and her sister mrs primrose of stroudsburg wiih their children were seated at the parlor win dow of ihe former they were startled by a crash of glass followed by a fluttering of wings und the struggle of a bird upon j the floor a shot had beeu heard a few j minu previous and the visitor was a wounded pheasant that had dashed itself against the window-pane so great was the force in which it struck against it that it look out in fragments a large pane 14x1 g inches as clear as if it had been cut by a diamond the poor fugitive bleeding from its wounds fell at the feet of the ladies and as if content to die tliere never moved again the party were very much startled by lhe occur rence and were fortunate in the fact that no one was hurt doing the centennial in one dug enthusiastic philadelphian speaking to a friend from lhe rural districts : have you been to tho centennial and what do vim think of it "" ies it's magnificent went all through it yesterday and saw everythiusr ii's a big show then you saw the sso,000 set of dia monds beauties ain't they i lem'me see they are in machinery hall ain'l they { yes i remember them they're very nice but i ain'l much on things of that kind i like machinery bet ter ah ! then you must have been pleas ed with the immense corliss engine /" i doa't exactly remember it oh yes i do it is in the woman's pavilion yes it's a mighty fine thing my fiieiii i guess you and i saw things a little differently but tell me what do you really regard as the best thing in the exposition i well 1 think lhe cheese of paris is about the best to mv notion you mean the siege ot pari don'l you 1 ' it looked like a cheese to me and i thought it got it's name from thai oh a slight mistake what else die you see to admire ?" heaps of things the five leggec calf the two legged horse the â€” " you have employed your time verj profitably and will be able to tell you friends all aboat it interrupted th philadelphian as lie bid his rural friend ; hasty good*by aud the man so the ston runs went back to bucks county and toll his wondering neighbors how he had dom the exposition in one day â€” j p y ii washington cliiviticlc a rich and novel cargo on the 16'ah of june last the schoone era left new london well supplied witl mining impiemeuls tramways and al appliances tor the excavation of minerals under command of lieut mintzer former erly of the polaris expedition the des dilation and object of the voyage wai kept secret the schooner has just re turned she weut to cumberland inlet a place known to whalemen as niattii valley two gangs of men were put ti work about 300 teet above the level o the sea and were assisted by esquimau in blasting mica and taking it on boaa hy tramways irom ten lo fii'leeu torn were blasted onf of the veins about tei feet below the surface when the vein gave out and no more could be secured some of the blocks ate remarkably large and clear measuring is by dl inches il thickness and weighing about 50 pounds the mica â€¢â– â– * said t be worth from 85 ti 12 per do und lhe schooner on hei way back was delayed eleven days b ice a fast1deous v1fe-h enter tht other night a m.n entered tin chicago tribune oili-e and left the fol low ing a.l verlisement : personal â€” the advertiser desires ti make the acquaintance ot a lady of ie linemeut and good looks 5 feet ft inche high and weighing about 136 pounds ; bust measure 39 inches waist measure 28 inches size d loot 3j ditto of glove 5 complexion prououuced brunelle jeep hazel eyes with a view to ma'.r.m ny seems to me you are mighty particu lar about the size and kind of wife you wain observed the advertising clerk well perhaps i um ; but you see my wife died befoie we bad been married loug ; aud she had'nt begun to wear oui her clothes and her fa her gave her au awful sight of them so it seems lo me kinder like flying in the faee of provi dence when silks and ihings is so dear and the country laboring iu tbe throes of financial ctmvulsiou o take another mate and let the moth break through and rust and corrupt all them duds so i iust want a wife to match ibein things scattered thickly over france may be seen posted the following notice from the minister of agriculture : this placard is placed under the pro tection of good sense aud public de cency the hedgehog lives on mice small rodeuts slugs and grubs vers blancs an imals hurtful to agriculture don't kill the il dgehog the toad farmers assistant destroyes from twenty to thirty insects an hour don't kill the toad the mole is continually destroying grubs f vers blancs j l&rv-m palmer worms and insects injurious to agriculture no trace of vegetation is ever found in its stomach does more good than harm don't kill the mole the may bun and its larva or grub mortal enemy of agriculture ; lavs from seventy to eighty eggs kill the may bug birds each department loses several millions annually through insects birds are the only enemies able to control against them victoriously they are great caterpillar killers and agricultural assistants children don't disturb their nctts children will be paid 25 centimes for | every 500 may bugs placed iu the hands of the garde chapetre among tlie bunches of grapes lately | exhibited at edinburg and london were the following â– black hamburg 21 lbs raisin de calabre 26 lbs i oz ; white nice 2/3 lbs l oz the largest bunch es raised in america have weighed about 7 lbs while 2 lbs to the bunch are very large clusters for the muscat of alexandria hamburg and syrian varie ties mount ararat has been successfully ascended by an englishman mr bryce of lincoln's inn london this is be lieved to be either the third or fourth ascent ihe first having been made by j parrot iu 1831 an.l the second by abich j 1850 the mountain is 17,212 ft in height and the last 4,000 ft had to be j climbed alone the cossack escort refua ; iug to go further the armenians of tha neighborhood believe the mountain to ; be inaccessible aud insists that noah'i : ark still exists upon lhe summit the consumption of eggs in the manu facture ol calicoes is immense no albu ; men is equal to that contained in an egg â€” nd il would consume lhe lay of 300 i 000 hens to supply one of tbe large calico i manufactories iu france i at shoebury england a new eighty , one ton gun waa recently discharged the people of shoebury had been warned to leave their doors and windows open ' and those who had not done so or could not leave their windows open by reason ' ol the windows being fixtures sufferred . considerably sasht-i being torn out plate glass of a quarter of an iuch thick iu a store window bei g shattered doors burst open and iu the case of married soldiers quarters lhe houses were much damag ed i st lor i.s oct 28 â€” a special to tbe globe democrat from little rock says j three methodist ministers while riding theii circuits iu prope county were shot by 1 mingles and hale irom the brush wbo are illia.ii distillers lt was supposed that ! the ministers were revenue officers coming to arrest th.-m one is dead the other ! two are dangerously it not fatally wound ; ed a large uumber of illicit distillers live in tli ii section seven of whom were convicted this week -<Â»- â€” â€” the old oaken bucket the popular song of the old oaken b lckei is s iii to have had its origin under the following circumstances which ' give it additional interest : some years ag wh n wood worth the printer and 1 several other old new yorkers were blot her typos iu a printing office which i was situated at the corner of chestnut ! and chambers blreets there was few 1 places in the city of new yurk where one ' could enjoy the luxury of a really good di ink among the few places most â– worthy of patronage was an cstablish ' ment kept by mallory iu fraukliu street j or about the same spot where st johu's | h.iil recently stood woodworth in '. company with several particular friends bad dropped in at this place one after i noon for the purpose of taking some brandy nnd water which mallory was ! famous for keeping the liquor was . super-excellent a.-id wood worth seemed inspired by it for after taking a draught | he laid his glass upon the table and ' smacking his lips declared that mallory's . eau de vie was superior to any he had i ever lasti d n ),' said mallory you are quite ' mistaken ; there was one ihing which iu : both our estimations far surpasses this in the way of drinking what wa i th.it "" asked woodworth dubiously i the draught ol pure fresh spring water i we us<-d to drink from the old oaken j buck.t ihat hung iu the well after our ro | turn from the labors of the field ou a sul try d.iy in summer the teardrops glistened for Â« moment in woodworlb'i eves true ! true !" he lepl'ed and soon quitted the place he returned to the ollice grasped the pen and in half an hour the old oaken bucket one of the most delightful composition iu or language was ready iu manuscript to be embalmed in the memory of succeeding geuerauou

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the carolina watchman ll vn^hir^eries salisbury u c november 9 1876 no 4 ssbtixâ€”i j btt*c3*n_h ed and prop flu**01 j k bruner associate ed s dsi ki1mi..n bates : inadvance 2 oo p ~ . â€” â– â€” . advertising h.-tlis : .,, one publication 1 oo kinubttcmlons l 50 ' - r_tes tor inonuis or a year s15ur extra of 1 saturday great day in charlotte 5,000 people out vi'-iif lv uis 1 sr&it me '" char e-.[i.,ikiug dining the day and a jiorch-iigbt procession at night â€” r hun f i shober of rowan ; i . â€¢ . , f steele candidate for congress ! iki 1 ' ' | ther gentlemen addressed we l uu fro u several p i present * 1 ilo torch j â– is one i i lie g an . i w nt sst d in north cam l'here were 1500 mounted men in .. in 10s of whom were colored i'he occasion passed without dis ml wiih only one small acci flirre was public speak'tig in con 1 â€¢ ' yi i . a â– -* lovch-ligbl pro lnii at night the conservatives ol ji patriotic county ai fully aroused ii ili give a good account of them pjrri at iiu i leciion - ul the day 1 h busl.ee a,,/l lf.ieli v e shober charles j-r win ii crawford end prank i .. y'ltif al juchson hill tbe governor had h huge audience at i ck-un hill davidsou co wednes ]*--, his speech w.is well received .' . liirnii there as < lew here enlhusi imc aiiid confidenl of victory lit fpeiil a very pleasant night at mr liauiid uufhy .* ou his way ui ihis place :.*.*_ jii-k.-tui ilill he met at mr it s j mmfuityoi fifty of the neighbors wiihj bad i ti e and suciul talk on i . i gov vance ix salisbury hid i ia did hei .! great honor ou j sin ga *â€¢ >â€¢ bei cons-ei vative nil i mer inland i . ct-ptiou she i > lowii ili i j o in i .. ii of j it a ui i in leugi h w n li hauliers i il was gieeied on aii sides â€¢ i-rs waving handkerchiefs and j uin-tiijg hiiiiners il was conducted to lb llny-tii house and after lesting an mt lhe procession was ugai.i fo lined lied in the pair grounds il pened hi speech about li o'clock his iwirii esumated by himself at o,u0u Â»â– *.â€¢. very attentive he made here as werywhere else a fiisi rate impression ibs couclusiou ot h,s speech was greeted illi around uf applause the vance im i'lltien club on invitation from the proprietress mrs dr reeves diued with i nai ill boyden house and as the i*virw|r's work is uot yet finished be u allowed lo nst dining the balance of lit d.iy a i night il look the western in friday morning lor morganton beie he was advertised to speak lo the wfflis.-f liiuke to-day be is at marion mel ii â€¢',; collnfy ami thus lie is woik igkppday today for the overthrow oi jbt-tieiuie uf tin stale and country -< tin people now do their duty and 'â– '-'â– 0|t will he w 11 done hit ll-piblicans have virtually given up new fink to tilden and hendricks i'd brie al vi iti ill v given up ibe clec nby the i ballot they are very qxiour just now to find out some way y whkli to prevent tilden from being iresideut if elected the bloody shirt tin hay ,,... a,e both about to tail i now ihe quesiiou is whal shall we ibe negroes ol mississippi are joining e democrats in such large numbers ihat ",.|* ow estimated that state will give n â– ** majority of fio.000 ! the dem ci me confident of carry iug south lÂ«oluia georgia will give a bundled ud majority the preispects in the lern comities of north carolina is po^ng brighter dÂ«y l.y day the cost of b:c gl'xs rhe trials of the 81 tun gun which have ject''tlv taken place in england are ported as being conviently satisfactory aiiill.ri.sis ; hut it may be doubted ether those who arc footing the bills '""'" r will share iu the officially â– gratification at eveiy dis o i ihis monster weapon over joo powder are exploded at a cost of j?*184 t0 150 to this must be d tin ct|,e,lfae f ghell and fuses hen the gun itself originally estimated a cost 4tj,('(j0 has actually necessitated 0 otpttidirure of some 5125,000 besides jwoflroctioii of a railway at woolwich | ar_e lur iib transpotation and several jjecranes moreover the firing of the i>ff uf at shoebijryoe^p has had the i "â€¢* e.f blowing down or at least serious (- itettering the huts ai.d collages of t military gcitlemeut so thai ii will 4i all uve lo be rebuilt at govein ofu,?peu8e e-i while on this eide ih u l'aiuic we complacently view profit by r * . l8 Â°' the experiments and cou m i ourselves that we are not pav b *"- m scientific american card from w h bailey esq o patriotic and manly words â€” grantism repudiated â€” he will support tilden and vance charlotte n c , oct 1676 maj w ii malone dear sin : â€” your request so urgent ly made to me for the expression of my views as to the duty ol good citizens in the election to take place next month i cannot well forego for although my op inion had been sought by many before and on account of my personal relations wiih ihe republican candidate for gov ernor as well as my desire to avoid politics altogether i had declined to an swer the dequeue appeal which you made fo my patriotism has moved me to give in rough some of the views i euier laiu tif ihe situation wiih great distrust ih 1 shall ti ild â€¢ to throw any new light upon iiu subject i believe that personally both ii ayes and tilden settle and vane are unim peachable but a merely honest man can no satisfy the requirements ol ibe iiu>*s i he people demand that the augean stable shall be cleaned and that can only be done by the election of men not merely i good iuieniioos but earnest energetic patriots tvho will see thai it will be done the administration of president j rant has become in pi iia saxon a slink in the nostrils oi the honest men need 1 recur lo ail or any ol the acts which wiil asso ciate i.i name with the t*ns ami caili gtil is of a oui-e powerful nation l**t me t-inj-le mil one ihing fresh in the memory ofall mr biistow gen wilson com missioner pratt of the treasury depart ment entered into a laudible combination to hi ing io punishment the revenue offi cials who had entered iuto an unlaw tui conspiracy wiih the distillers of st louis to defraud lhe government to the extent of millions tbey put a detective y.uyau on lhe hack antl succeeded in having ihese revenue officials brought to trial ihey were prosecuted by mr dyer dis trict attorney republican tried before lhe eminent judge dillon republican were defended by pei imps the strongest array of legal talent ever mustered into seivice since the trial of queeu caroline antl weie convicted the couniry breathed freer and the thanks ot the nation were given for their partial deliverance yet suddenly there after without assigning a reason bristow res gus and billowing in rapid success in the head i wilson grown grey in the treasury service piatt a man ol high character dyer and yaryan tall fiom i tie polii icai guillotine has ibis picture a parallel in history ? nil n lial significance can be attached lo ii except that thereby lhe president intended to give warning lo their succes sors that il was no longer crime for g*>v enimenl pels to steal but the high si po litical crime to cause them to be brought io jus lie . now does mr hayes approve such conduct t we know uol again the president listening to ine counsel of such men as chamberlain is sues a proclamation as io a mate of ibis union which is false and deluges that slate with federal troops we all know thai whether iu ibis instance the whites or blacks were to blacie for sporadic riots there was no resistance tu law no defi ance of law lul aulhoriiy by the white race yet on ihe eve of au election which may decide our destiny as a nai ion for weal or woe when thousands of coloicd men were i allying to the bright standard ol honor and reform borne aloft by hamp ton the vile pretense of insurrection â€” le futt-tl by every judge nearly in the state â€” is set up by an infamous carpet-bag governor is seized at by bis willing ally lin president and as noble a race ot while men us ih sun ever shone ou aie arrested iheir arms taken away while the negroes are armed by the state's government to shoot defenceless whites oh ! is il not lih bloodiest picture iu ihe book of lime v when and where do we ever read of iu tbe his ories of peoples civiliezd or savage such im instance of recreancy to blood lineage and caste / is nol that heart especially that south iu heart cold and callous indeed which is uot stirred to its very depths when he contemplates this premeditated and cold blooded attempt lo enslave the white race uni thai by a degraded an.l recently ser vile-class of the community ? dots mr hayes approve of all ibis ? we known not again who are mr hayes main sup porters in the campaign i the chandlers ihe camerons the bl lines aud worst of all the morions i'licse and such as these bave done all that iu ihem lay to corrupt every avenue of the government â€” sectional iu spirit unappeasable iu the fierce hate ot the south â€” are tbey lhe men whom hon est republicans wish lo see our uext president surrounded and advised by ? and yet if elected hayes is bound to feel that to these and such as these be would owe that houor then we have immediately before our eyes two gross and inexcusable infractions ot constitutional liberty namely : 1 the right of the citizens to bear aims ri the denial of the power to quarter troops upon a people iu time of profound peape besides these unlawful usurpations for which oi tbe like of which precious blood has flowed aud for which and such like priceless heritage our ancestors establish ed this great empire we see that lhe very head of the gov ernmeni w ho should be and be felt to be uor parens patri has deliberately done lhai which must be understood as a sign i to all officers hereafter appointed that frauds against the government when per petrated as was the case at st louis by goteinuieiit officials should not be ferret ted out or punished and for worst of all we see a palpable attempt and purpose to degrade and if need be lo carry souili carolina to de stroy the anglo saxon race there i will not delay to add more the history of the administration is fresh in the minds of every intelligent person who is best able and most likely to correct lhe evils accomplished and threat ened ? hayes or tilden ? tilden has shown his faith in such direction by his works can hayes with bis probable nay al j most certain surroundings such as i have described establish the great reform which ii demand i perhaps it canrtol be better expressed than it was by the illustration t-1 the dutchman io mr schuiz the dutchman said suppose a hen has j been setting lor a mouth on a nest of rot ten eggs would putting another ben on iiu ui ii ul o . hem om i riiere are now thousands ol office iders woi king actively for dr hayes laud 1 have been informed reliably thai tin salaries ol al least all the sutiorilinalc | officials have been assessed to swell the : t it clion tiiud will that genial and amiable gentleman muster up the will and courage to drive th whole horde into outer darkness did any in in so situated ever do so .- couiplainl is made by demagogues ol a | solid sou ii is there any fairness or i justice in such complaint when we all i know how much evciy southern state j has been pluudeied by the remorseiess j carpet-bagger and the hungry scallawag why lhe desperate attempt to hold south carolina is explained by senator patterson iu ins boast that there weie i live years ot good stealing yet leii in her and honest john is bin a type of his class who though gorged wiih plunder like the horse leech of the libit continues to cry more ! uioie !' compare the present condition of georgia alabama mississippi see wiih their condition under ihe rule 1 have de scribed when their credit was destroyed their energies to a great extent paralized ami organized lhef disorder and tumult prevailed - now under drmocratic rule ihey are prospeiiug are lo prosper law peace and order reigns supreme then is it not nalural that those yet down trodden md despoiled by t he horse leeched should desire to all iiu to a like pros eriiy with iheir emancipated sisters ami ihis u.il ibis only is ihe ezieut of 1 solid s uiii i hese uie some of the reasons which afier a struggle wiih mv pride impels uie it i live fo vole for tilden as to lhe slate ticket i hul fully t pected in ih earlier pul of lhe canvass io have voted tor s-ule 1 know him lo be personally lli3 w.-rthy son ofa worthy pit nor do i believe if lift lo himself lhai his heart would allow him to do au intentional wrong but i greatly fear that if elected tha a power behind the throne alien to our feelings and sympathies professed politi cians who f'rttteu upon otlicial pap will control and diiect hie action as the ship is controlled by the movements of ihe i udder the case of the charlotte posl office illustrates my idea ht lias been eu treated by tried republicans to do justice or see il done iu that matter and to all appeals he has turned a deaf ear he has the will and power and yet lit has not shown the moral courage expected or al least hoped from bim lo exercise it it is no parly secret that there exists a larger combination of republicans iu this state banded together to control the poli cy and patronage ot that party known as lhe greensboro king and it has been believed aud 1 think is now demonstrated i hat judge settle belongs to or at least is controlled by that iiiiperium in impcrio a despotism is complete aud far moie il ingerous iti in an obligarcliy again 1 have uol heard thai judge settle his denounced ihe administration ol president grant especiail hi iate ac lion wiih reference to south caralina nor fib tyrant chamberlain my rt uti tor juciije settle forbids me to say no-oli â€” sutiice it hat 1 expect to voie lor the third time for uou z il v nice to he our neat governor perhaps il would noi be iuappropriale lo s.iy through ) ou a few words lo my coloued fkiexds what eau they expect to gain for themselves and posierity by a solid vote tor the llt-publicau party '.- let ihem divide their vote and lhe momeiu ihat is done ihe conflict of race disappears 1 iny cannot expect to control the gov ernment then is il nol the wiser policy to maintain the balance of power between the two pai ties i they are not allowed to hold scarcely any of the ollicps ; and in lhe newberu district overwhelmingly republican be cause overwhelmingly colored lhe repub cans have verified scripture at least in one instance by taking from them even thai which they have and have added insult lo injury by taking down the name of mr o'hara from the electoral ticket â€” a finer orator ihan any white man ot the parly except the silent achilles of asheville northern schemists are already agitating the question of their removal while southerners will oppose it to the bitter end tlicir's is a common destiny with lhe whiles tbey are entirely equal be fore the law then are ihey doing justice to their posterity by voting solid ?" if 1 could say a word io each of them i should say vote your honest convictions and stop jumping the bars like sheep af ter the bell-wether i learn that the constitutional amend inenis aie affect iug them especially chap ter 24 now bo far from this operating injuriously it will have the effect lo slough off the lepers and thereby establish a species of aristocracy amongst them cal culated to stimulate the better class to honesty and sobriety of life the best disposed have hitherto been and are yet driven by the ignorant and vicious mass pressing like a surging flood from behind if adopted this inftueuce will be measur ably destroyed in conclusion permit me to say that iu what i have written i have not intended to wouud the feelings of any honorable man and hoping for the best whatever may happen i am your friend w ii bailey the return of the british arc 11c expedition the british arctic expedition under captain nares comprising the steamers alert and discovery ban returned the alert having an ived at valenda new foundland ti october 27 flie shins j left england on may 30 i87.3 and enter ! eti be ice off cape sable ou july 2v j afier a severe struggle in tor-tli aide of i lady frank i.i lj.i a\,i reached and ! i here the dicoveiy wis left iu winter quarters the alert pushed on up to latitude s20 21 and there wintered at j this point the sun was invisible for 112 j days and the lowest temperature ever re i coi tied was experienced the mercury j fell to ij below zero ami r-emuined so j for a fortnight and at one period reached i 104 below zero sledge parties were j fitted our out of which traveled 220 miles to lhe eastward and he oiher went | o the north proceeding ou land up to 83 â– 07 and thence on the le lo s.'i : 21 further on nothing but ice could be seen which was so rugged that scarce ly a mile of advance could be aceoitf pi it bed daily the hoes in some places measured loo feet iu thickness four i min died from the effects of the cold finally becoming convinced that it was j impossible to get any nearer to the pole laud seeing thai his men were succumbing j under the hardships while the alert herself had b.'en much damaged by tin ice captain nares started homewaid leaving smith sound on september j las this expedition it will be remembered i was lilted oui with every aid to polar ex i pl.ua ion which science could devise or j ihe experience of the oldest arctic explor j ers could suggest that it has failed to icach ibe pole is proof of the enormous i difficulties lo be overcome iu hat under taking rather ihan of any inadequacy to , the task ol lliose who attempted it 1 j dred we may believe ih.it afier lii:*-i i s2 is reached ln obstacles augment in j . some compound ratio i in results wh - ii : have been obtained are however of cou i siiler ible importance captain nares j has reached iln highest northern point ever attained latitude 83 21 the j aus train expedition which sailed in 1872 * inward spitsbergen only reached cape : riig'-ly iu 82 5 and sighted cape ' vi.-i.na in s."jj it is remarkable bow i ever that the polaris ill equipped as she was reached s ig aud wintered iu slc 3s while hall with a sledging party pushed onward to 82 o0 captain nares has therefore advanced 51 geogra phical miles further north than tbe ameri can explorer and has appi.iached withiu 400 miles of ihe pole the details of lhe other accomplish i uieuis of lhe expedition which have reach ed us are very meager but indicates the captain nares forthcoming report will be of considerable value piesideut laud j usually marked on arctic maps has uo existence lady franklin's strait is really a bay ; aud fiom the facl tbat travel was conducted on the ice to the highest point leached it would seem that uo opeu polar sea was encountered the north ernmost point seen in greenland was in latitude 82j 57 excellent coal was found near lhe place where the discovery wintered and a number of valuable scien tific collections anil observations were made the pandora is siill in the ice and was met by the alert on october 16 where j not stated when she signaled all well " ' j the centennial main build ing to remain i i ; the fafrniopnt p.uk commission has : yielded lo ihe popular deiriatid and the i main exhibition 15 i i ling is to remain io | | be used as agradd bazaraiidiudtisti ial fair with the proviso howe'er tbat the structure i is to be removed afier two years notice \ shail have been given tho charge for ; admission is restricted to 25 cents for five ! days of the week ami 10 cents on satur day ; aod when the income it yields is buifi-ieut lo pay expenses and interest on i the investment the admission fee is lo be ! siill further reduced so that lhe public â€¢ may enjoy the exhibition at the lowest possible charge for entrance the british government has recently presented philadelphia with the hand some buildings now occupied by the british commission what wiih the main building memorial hall horticul tural hall and probably machinery hall together with lhe british edifices the statues etc it appears ihat a considera ble portion oi the centennial structures will be left affording all the facilities for a very large peimaue.it display the exposition will close ou novem ber 10 ; but visitors will continue to be admitted as usual after lhai date in order to provide necessary funds to defray ex peuses of police maintenance etc a man worth talking about d m renno esq the famous bridge build er is engaged in building the new bridge over neuse river on lhe raleigh and gaston rail road yesterelay however he dropped every thing and this morning he leaves for his home i in readinjr pennsylvania in order lo vote for ! tilden and hendricks it is unch men as thia who will reform the country if it is ever re formed tlie eai de.-terv honorable mention true story about vance from the wadesboro herald a maimed and disabled confederate soldier from montgomery county called on us the other day and said : i want you to put this iu your paper i was a member of vance's regiment the 26:h i was a poor man unlearned but always tried to do my duty i lost my right arm at gettysburg and after the surrender my left arm was so badly crushed while i was trying to aid a poor widow iu getting her horse and cart out of a mire that it has been of little use to j me having a family to support i af ter tryiug other things went several years ago to charlotte hoping to get on guard or police duty i failed to do so aud felt almost hopeless and despairing â€” but hearing that my old colonel zeb vance lived then i hunted him up i told him my circumstances he took me in his house â€” ted ne a week or more he aud his family treating me iu my ia ! ged doilies as we:l a3 if i had been the j i richest mll-i iu ihe slate ! and when i | wen to lave he took me to a store and gave me a pair of shoes for my wife and then at pai ting handed me twenty dollars â€” more money than i had seen at one time since the war and said go home ; do the best yon can aud though i am poor myself i have two good arms and hands and can work aud whenever you arc u distress again come to me and i will divide with you and lure our one-armed friend was so overcome by the recital ihat tears came coursing down his rugged care-worn cheeks recovering himself he contin ued â€” aud there were truth eloquence and pathos in his unstudied words i have walked 30 miles to tell you this i know you are vance's friend and will publish it ; say to every poor mau in north carolina to vote for vance ; be is their li lend â€” be is lhe best man iu the world cod bless him forever !'' and as our friend walked away we could but silently repeat his prayer god bless vauce !" it the name is required it eau be had on application ; and the man can be found near mount gilcad lor lhe xew york observer from now to november ax apl'eal to cheistian votejis a southern correspondent writes to us ; one of the ablest and moft stii i in â– _: appeals in the same line of remark iu which we liaveofieu indulged clodng with these words : it was de tocqueville i think who expressed the opinion that the greatest danger to the united stated lay in the election of her chief magistrate certain ly there is no civic duty devolved upon our ciiiz'-ns of more responsibility and moment ihan that of choosing iheir pres ident there is none from the perform ance of which pr.ssion prejudice and venality should be fart her removed none which should more enlist and exercise the best powers both oftlie mind and heart if we look lo the momentous interests and ihe far-reaching consequences involved i alike to ourselves and to the world to the present and following generations and to its spiritual as well as temporal aspect there is no matter in which it more be hooves christian patriots to seek from the fountain of all wisdom and power that help wii bout which it is impossible for them to rest assured that they are choosing wisely and for the best suppose now that from this time until the election in november the re spectable press of the country aud espe cially the religious press suppose that all ministers of the gospel of every name suppose that all men who love the coun try and desiie its prosperity whatever may be tlieir choice of parties or candi dates would unite iu sternly rebuking the foul spirit of partisan falsehood and t-â€žau 1 tl il of which i have spoken and in frowning down bribery fraud intimida lion and al other dishonesty or lawless ness that would interfere with a free and : intelligent choice by tha people suppose ! further that all men and women iu lhe : country who believe in god aud iu hi i supervision of the aft'iirs of the nations should daily and especially on every sunt it intervening between ihis and the 7th of november ask that the spirit of all wisdom may guide lhe people in selecting our future rulers and that concord peace ami prosperity may reign throughout all of our holders suppose this done and i there is not an aiheist nor an infidel * throughout all our broad land who would ' not believe iu his lieart that the man elected president on tint day will be tho best who could be chosen from the can didates before the people there is not an intelligent thinker in the world who would not see in this simple fact a truer proof of real greatness and a sureraugury of lhe graadeur and perpetuity of our un ion than could be given by a hundred centennial expositions or the extinction of our public debt in one day now why cannot thi be done i propound tho question it is for every one io whom it may come to answer it upon hia own proper responsibility c a correspondent of the country gen lie man write : i am a decided advo cate for milking cows up to calving â€¢ if the milk gets thick throw it away bul milk the cow always give her to un derstand that giving miik is her business and keep her at ii lale aud early if she should by any possible means lose her life by giving too much milk she will have lost it in a good cause and saved ber throat fiom the buicher's kuife . birds breaking windows the providence journal says that on monday morning supeiiiiteiideiit nourse observed a hole through oue of the plate glass windows iu social hall block woonsocket in the second story room occupied at present by the high school going into the room to ascertain lhe cause of it a dead partridge was found on the floor six or eight feet from the window the paue of glass is two feet square and nine sixteenths of an inch thick and a hole was broken in it six to eight inches in diameter no stone slick or other substance was discovered by wliich the glass might have been bro ken if broken by the biid in its pas sage as is supposed it demonstrates the rapidity and momentum of its flight the scranton perm republican re lates a somewhat similar story thus : yesterday morning while mrs theo j dore g vvok ot this city and her sister mrs primrose of stroudsburg wiih their children were seated at the parlor win dow of ihe former they were startled by a crash of glass followed by a fluttering of wings und the struggle of a bird upon j the floor a shot had beeu heard a few j minu previous and the visitor was a wounded pheasant that had dashed itself against the window-pane so great was the force in which it struck against it that it look out in fragments a large pane 14x1 g inches as clear as if it had been cut by a diamond the poor fugitive bleeding from its wounds fell at the feet of the ladies and as if content to die tliere never moved again the party were very much startled by lhe occur rence and were fortunate in the fact that no one was hurt doing the centennial in one dug enthusiastic philadelphian speaking to a friend from lhe rural districts : have you been to tho centennial and what do vim think of it "" ies it's magnificent went all through it yesterday and saw everythiusr ii's a big show then you saw the sso,000 set of dia monds beauties ain't they i lem'me see they are in machinery hall ain'l they { yes i remember them they're very nice but i ain'l much on things of that kind i like machinery bet ter ah ! then you must have been pleas ed with the immense corliss engine /" i doa't exactly remember it oh yes i do it is in the woman's pavilion yes it's a mighty fine thing my fiieiii i guess you and i saw things a little differently but tell me what do you really regard as the best thing in the exposition i well 1 think lhe cheese of paris is about the best to mv notion you mean the siege ot pari don'l you 1 ' it looked like a cheese to me and i thought it got it's name from thai oh a slight mistake what else die you see to admire ?" heaps of things the five leggec calf the two legged horse the â€” " you have employed your time verj profitably and will be able to tell you friends all aboat it interrupted th philadelphian as lie bid his rural friend ; hasty good*by aud the man so the ston runs went back to bucks county and toll his wondering neighbors how he had dom the exposition in one day â€” j p y ii washington cliiviticlc a rich and novel cargo on the 16'ah of june last the schoone era left new london well supplied witl mining impiemeuls tramways and al appliances tor the excavation of minerals under command of lieut mintzer former erly of the polaris expedition the des dilation and object of the voyage wai kept secret the schooner has just re turned she weut to cumberland inlet a place known to whalemen as niattii valley two gangs of men were put ti work about 300 teet above the level o the sea and were assisted by esquimau in blasting mica and taking it on boaa hy tramways irom ten lo fii'leeu torn were blasted onf of the veins about tei feet below the surface when the vein gave out and no more could be secured some of the blocks ate remarkably large and clear measuring is by dl inches il thickness and weighing about 50 pounds the mica â€¢â– â– * said t be worth from 85 ti 12 per do und lhe schooner on hei way back was delayed eleven days b ice a fast1deous v1fe-h enter tht other night a m.n entered tin chicago tribune oili-e and left the fol low ing a.l verlisement : personal â€” the advertiser desires ti make the acquaintance ot a lady of ie linemeut and good looks 5 feet ft inche high and weighing about 136 pounds ; bust measure 39 inches waist measure 28 inches size d loot 3j ditto of glove 5 complexion prououuced brunelle jeep hazel eyes with a view to ma'.r.m ny seems to me you are mighty particu lar about the size and kind of wife you wain observed the advertising clerk well perhaps i um ; but you see my wife died befoie we bad been married loug ; aud she had'nt begun to wear oui her clothes and her fa her gave her au awful sight of them so it seems lo me kinder like flying in the faee of provi dence when silks and ihings is so dear and the country laboring iu tbe throes of financial ctmvulsiou o take another mate and let the moth break through and rust and corrupt all them duds so i iust want a wife to match ibein things scattered thickly over france may be seen posted the following notice from the minister of agriculture : this placard is placed under the pro tection of good sense aud public de cency the hedgehog lives on mice small rodeuts slugs and grubs vers blancs an imals hurtful to agriculture don't kill the il dgehog the toad farmers assistant destroyes from twenty to thirty insects an hour don't kill the toad the mole is continually destroying grubs f vers blancs j l&rv-m palmer worms and insects injurious to agriculture no trace of vegetation is ever found in its stomach does more good than harm don't kill the mole the may bun and its larva or grub mortal enemy of agriculture ; lavs from seventy to eighty eggs kill the may bug birds each department loses several millions annually through insects birds are the only enemies able to control against them victoriously they are great caterpillar killers and agricultural assistants children don't disturb their nctts children will be paid 25 centimes for | every 500 may bugs placed iu the hands of the garde chapetre among tlie bunches of grapes lately | exhibited at edinburg and london were the following â– black hamburg 21 lbs raisin de calabre 26 lbs i oz ; white nice 2/3 lbs l oz the largest bunch es raised in america have weighed about 7 lbs while 2 lbs to the bunch are very large clusters for the muscat of alexandria hamburg and syrian varie ties mount ararat has been successfully ascended by an englishman mr bryce of lincoln's inn london this is be lieved to be either the third or fourth ascent ihe first having been made by j parrot iu 1831 an.l the second by abich j 1850 the mountain is 17,212 ft in height and the last 4,000 ft had to be j climbed alone the cossack escort refua ; iug to go further the armenians of tha neighborhood believe the mountain to ; be inaccessible aud insists that noah'i : ark still exists upon lhe summit the consumption of eggs in the manu facture ol calicoes is immense no albu ; men is equal to that contained in an egg â€” nd il would consume lhe lay of 300 i 000 hens to supply one of tbe large calico i manufactories iu france i at shoebury england a new eighty , one ton gun waa recently discharged the people of shoebury had been warned to leave their doors and windows open ' and those who had not done so or could not leave their windows open by reason ' ol the windows being fixtures sufferred . considerably sasht-i being torn out plate glass of a quarter of an iuch thick iu a store window bei g shattered doors burst open and iu the case of married soldiers quarters lhe houses were much damag ed i st lor i.s oct 28 â€” a special to tbe globe democrat from little rock says j three methodist ministers while riding theii circuits iu prope county were shot by 1 mingles and hale irom the brush wbo are illia.ii distillers lt was supposed that ! the ministers were revenue officers coming to arrest th.-m one is dead the other ! two are dangerously it not fatally wound ; ed a large uumber of illicit distillers live in tli ii section seven of whom were convicted this week -